Surveillance
David Johnston concluded his tenure as special rapporteur by submitting his last report on foreign interference to the prime minister Monday evening. The report was marked as confidential.
Earlier this month, Johnston said he resigned because of the increasingly partisan atmosphere surrounding his work.
Johnston committed to delivering a final report to the government by the end of June.
Instead of publicly releasing his last report, a brief cover letter consisting of two paragraphs was released and addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Read MoreAmazon recently shut a man out of his smart home devices, got fined for illegally harvesting and storing children’s data, and re-upped a $10 billion data-management contract with the NSA. Comedian and political commentator Russell Brand says this shows the company is too powerful and people have to fight back.
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Read MoreBroadcasters face ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ rules under Canada’s new internet censorship law
The Trudeau government is looking to impose as part of its Sustainable and Equitable Broadcasting Regulatory Framework new ‘binding’ woke mandates of ‘inclusion’ and ‘diversity.’
Canada’s federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to have the nation’s broadcasting regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), enforce upon all broadcasters woke and pro-LGBT “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” (EDI) requirements.
A June 10 order from the Department of Canadian Heritage notes that the government is looking to impose as part of its Sustainable and Equitable Broadcasting Regulatory Framework new “binding” woke mandates of “inclusion” and “diversity.”
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Read MoreOne of the big questions that those of us involved in exposing the secret U.S. government censorship effort have been asking ourselves over the last few months is: did the people involved know that they were breaking the law?
That question appears to have been answered with a resounding yes by the House Judiciary Committee. Yesterday it released its report, “The Weaponization of CISA: How a ‘Cybersecurity’ Agency Colluded with Big Tech and ‘Disinformation’ Partners to Censor Americans,” on government censorship.
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Read MoreNew evidence of China’s spy balloon programme – including flights over Japan and Taiwan – has been uncovered by BBC Panorama.
Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it’s prepared to shoot them down in future.
China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.
US-China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year, when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.
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Read More— Shopify Inc. will challenge a request from the Canada Revenue Agency to turn over six years of records for Canadian stores using the firm’s software.
“This feels like low-key overreach to me,” Shopify chief executive Tobi Lutke said in a Friday evening tweet.
“We will fight this.”
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Read MoreDemands to halt facial recognition use in Canada, at least pending further study and legislation, are not being met, or at least not quickly enough for some. A letter of concern has been jointly signed by The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a list of signatories including representatives of civil society groups and academia.
A subtle change in the way the risks of facial recognition are described may be the most noteworthy element of the letter to biometrics developers, particularly outside of Canada. Part of what makes it noteworthy, is the similarity of the shift to that of other advocacy groups fighting against the technology’s use.
A boycott of venues using facial recognition by several popular music stars and reported by Rolling Stone has been organized by Fight for the Future.
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Read MoreFEC story Update: Lawsuit alleging Chinese ties to ActBlue scheme pending in Washington D.C.
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Read MoreThe Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium said new technology has the ability to deliver unseen levels of traceability, inventory tracking, and product authentication with food-safe digital tags.
“Parmigiano Reggiano is one of the world’s oldest and most famous cheeses, and it is a product that symbolizes Italian produce,” said Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium President Nicola Bertinelli in a press release.
“By being the first to incorporate these secure digital labels onto our cheese wheels, we can continue to ensure consumer safety, bringing the traceability and the authentication of our products to meet industry 4.0 technological targets.”
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